James Gurney

This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums.

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All images and text are copyright 2015 James Gurney and/or their respective owners. Dinotopia is a registered trademark of James Gurney. For use of text or images in traditional print media or for any commercial licensing rights, please email me for permission.

However, you can quote images or text without asking permission on your educational or non-commercial blog, website, or Facebook page as long as you give me credit and provide a link back. Students and teachers can also quote images or text for their non-commercial school activity. It's also OK to do an artistic copy of my paintings as a study exercise without asking permission.

8 comments:

I really like the tv series of Dinotopia. I wish I could have learned more about them in school. They did not have a classes to study them. I would like to be able to be in one of them. That would so incredbile to be in. To study dinosaurs would so neat. But all of this cost a lot of money. Wish i could be in one of them. Thanks Harold G. Reed

Nick, that's funny that you mentioned the Wrong Video problem. On the Brangwyn post, one of my computers shows the right video, and the other shows another video by the same producer. I'm using the embed code that YouTube gives me, and I have no idea why it's misdirecting. Any computer geniuses in the house?

I actually own a similar piece I picked up in Japan, though it's of a dragon, not a snake, and has rather more than one stroke as they embellished the details and frills around the body. Still a pretty cool technique.